Pellaea rotundifolia

Button Fern, Round-Leaved Fern, New Zealand Cliff Brake
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ex 1.5L pot
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£9.99
Quick Overview
  • New Zealand Fern
  • Small round button-like pinnae
  • Ideal houseplant if misted
  • Evergreen
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Pellaea rotundifolia, Button Fern or New Zealand Cliff Brake, is a charming evergreen fern with small round button-like pinnae on either side of a reddish-brown midrib. It has a prostrate habit and its long fronds will arch downwards in long cascades if given a high perch or elevated container. It is shade-loving and is tolerant of some dryish spells. It does not like waterlogged soils. Not fully hardy in colder regions it is best in a container and makes an ideal houseplant if kept misted. In protected micro-climates in the southwest it can be experimented with outdoors but it may need fleecing in winter. Overwinters well in an unheated glasshouse under fleece.


Additional Information

Order Polypodiales
Family Pteridaceae
Sub-Family Cheilanthoideae
Synonyms Pteris rotundifolia
Geographical Origin New Zealand
Cultivation Moist shade. Moist but well-drained slightly acidic soil with leaf mold and humus. Warm sheltered spot. Protect with fleece in winter or bring indoors. If treated as a houseplant, mist regularly
Eventual Height 30cm
Eventual Spread 50cm
Hardiness Hardy in sheltered aspects in southerly or coastal microclimates. Evergreen. Does well in a container in a cool greenhouse and fleeced over winter. If treated as a houseplant, mist regularly
Pellaea rotundifolia
Button Fern, Round-Leaved Fern, New Zealand Cliff Brake
Size
ex 1.5L pot
Availability: Sold Out
£9.99
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